Born from a 2016 dinner among five rival NBA team owners—including Michael Jordan, Jeanie Buss, and Wyc Grousbeck—Cincoro Tequila makes 100% Blue Weber agave tequila from Jalisco. The company combines agaves from the region’s Highlands and Lowlands with slow cooking and distillation, then matures its aged expressions in Tennessee whiskey barrels. Its five-sided bottle and 23-degree angle carry the founders’ basketball origins into the brand’s design.
Teremana TequilaFounded by Dwayne Johnson, Teremana Tequila makes small-batch tequila in a dedicated distillery built with a Mexican family-owned partner in the highlands of Jalisco. Its agave is slow-roasted in traditional brick ovens and distilled in handmade copper pot stills crafted by a local artisan, while leftover fibers become compost for the agave fields. The brand’s Blanco, Reposado and Añejo expressions have received recognition including gold medals at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition and Bartender Spirits Awards.NEW YORK, NY
QUI TequilaBorn from co-founder Medhat’s discovery of aged tequila on a 1990s trip to Mexico, QUI Tequila makes additive-free extra añejo spirits from 100% Blue Agave grown in Jalisco’s Los Altos highlands. Its proprietary process uses only the heart of each distillation, while selected releases mature for as long as 12 years in Tennessee whiskey and French Bordeaux barrels. Master distiller Miguel Cedeno Cruz oversees the New York-founded brand’s push into rare, highly aged tequila, including limited collaborations such as the Nobu x KAWS editions.NEW YORK, NY
La Caza Spirits LLCBorn in Austin from founder Drake Screws’s decade-long search for the perfect pour, La Caza Spirits makes additive-free tequila crafted with the Vivanco family in Jalisco. Its Blanco, Reposado, and Añejo begin with Blue Weber Agave handpicked in the Jalisco Highlands by fifth-generation farmers, then are cooked and fermented for more than 90 hours before being poured into hand-blown glass bottles.
Acosta TequilaFounded by Mexican-American Frank Acosta as a tribute to his heritage, Acosta Tequila makes small-batch, ultra-premium tequila from 100% Blue Weber agave in Jalisco, Mexico. Its traditional approach includes slow-baking agave in stone ovens and aging the tequila in Cognac barrels, while a patented bottle and cap draw on Mesoamerican architectural heritage. The distillery is a third-generation family farm certified by Industria Limpia, and the brand supports jaguar preservation through a portion of every sale.New York, NY